Terms and conditions of service

Students and graduates

Our Employability and Careers Centre (E&CC) aims to provide a high quality
professional service to all Essex students and eligible graduates from our
University.

All our main services are free. Sometimes you may need to pay a refundable
deposit to secure a place for a high demand event and some premium services for
graduates may be offered on a subsidised basis.

Professional codes of conduct

Our service is one which is impartial and conforms to professional codes of
practice, including:

Using our services

Essex CareerHub jobs board

The publication of an opportunity on the
Essex CareerHub jobs board
does not constitute an endorsement of either the employer or the opportunity by
the Employability & Careers Centre. Information is provided directly by the
employer and it is the responsibility of the applicant to carry out their own
research and due diligence in order to satisfy themselves as to the suitability
of both the opportunity and the employer for their own purposes.

Current students

All current University of Essex students are eligible to use our services.

Students at partner institutions

Students studying degrees validated by the University of Essex from partner
institutions can use our self-study information resources at Colchester or
Southend. If you wish to do this, you need to contact us before hand to agree
when you can visit.

Please note: we don’t provide advice or guidance to students from other
institutions (even where students are taking University of Essex validated
degrees). The only exception to this is students studying at the Edge Hotel
School, which is based on our Colchester Campus.

Essex graduates

Currently, University of Essex graduates from within the last three years can
use our services. If you want to visit us, please
contact us to agree arrangements in advance.

Other local graduates

Graduates from other universities who live locally to our Colchester Campus
may be able to come in to use our self-study materials on a discretionary basis.
If you want to visit us, please contact us to agree
arrangements in advance.

Please note: we don’t provide advice or guidance to graduates from other
institutions, nor access to events to workshops.

What we can provide

If you are a University of Essex student, or eligible
graduate, we will support you in developing your own employability.

Employability is a partnership so we offer you opportunities to gain new
experiences and skills, resources and workshops to help you reflect on your
learning, and individual guidance to consider what personally would be best for
you. However, you have to take responsibility for using these services to the
best of your ability.

We do not act as a recruitment agency, or guarantee that you will get an
internship. We will however, help you find where relevant job and internship
opportunities are advertised, connect to companies and apply effectively for
vacancies. So, for example, we will provide you with expert advice on where to
look for job vacancies relevant to your career plans, bring employers on to
campus so you can meet them, and promote paid internships just for Essex
students/graduates. While we won’t write your CV for you, we will give you top
quality advice on how you can improve your own CV.

Please note that we are not legally authorised to advise you on your
eligibility to work in the UK, or the likelihood of an employer gaining a work
permit for you.

The E&CC reserves the right to amend its terms and conditions from time to
time.